Things to do before I die

I started this list when I was 21 years old. The only rule is that I can never delete items from it—no matter how embarrassing some of them may be at this point 😅

  • Eat Kobe beef
  • Eat steak at Peter Lugers
  • Eat a 15+ course meal
  • Fly a helicopter
  • Fly a plane
  • Walk across the Brooklyn bridge
  • Perform guitar, drums and vocals in gigs
  • Busk in an NYC subway
  • Visit 6 continents: Africa, Asia, Australia & Oceania, Europe, North America, South America
  • Live in NYC
  • Live next to a beach
  • Fire an ak47
  • Fire a desert eagle
  • Go camping with my dad and brother
  • Drive an Aston martin
  • Hand slap tip someone in vegas
  • Do a Beer bong Frank The Tank style
  • Drink beer in Munich
  • Swim 1/2 a mile
  • Knock out 10 pullups easily
  • Ride a jetski
  • Skydive
  • Host a party with a bathtub filled with ice and beer
  • Learn to cook better mac cheese than anyone I know
  • Drink vodka in Moscow
  • Eat a cheesesteak in Philly
  • Write a song for a girl
  • Drink a Guinness in Ireland
  • Get beaten up
  • Go to a music festival
  • Drive soft top sports car in the USA
  • Eat pizza and pasta in Italy
  • Visit Akihabara
  • Visit a cat cafe
  • Learn how to whistle with fingers
  • Learn how to blow smoke rings (this is so tough!)
  • Wine tasting
  • Chocolate tasting
  • Speak at a conference
  • Release an open source project that thousands of people find useful
  • Have a BBQ on my rooftop (and pretty much set fire to the roof!)
  • Play a pickup game
  • Eat at the best deli in NYC (kats – hah! Clearly Graham Ave Meats and Deli is the best)
  • Eat at best pizza place in NYC – Grimaldi’s + Artichoke for me!
  • Ride a black run at whistler
  • Experience a natural hazard – 5.9mag earthquake in Virginia shook up NY
  • See an NHL game
  • See sumo wrestling in Japan
  • See cagefighting
  • See a football game in South America
  • Eat from taco truck (clearly this is an important one)
  • Play Chess in park
  • Eat at Google HQ
  • Light a good fire from scratch
  • Go boat riding at the Everglades
  • Crowdsurf
  • Go deep sea fishing
  • Identify at least 10 constellations
  • Visit the best 10 national parks in the US
  • Drive a Porsche 911 flat out
  • Get a motorcycle license
  • Full throttle a >600cc motorcycle to 100mph
  • $10k challenge: grow $10 in to $10k at poker
  • Kill, cook, and eat a wild animal
  • Visit every US state
  • Watch a match at Wimbledon